Jodie Foster addresses comparisons between Silence of the Lambs' Clarice and her True Detective role
Dec. 7, 2023Exclusive: Jodie Foster talks playing a different kind of sleuth in True Detective
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Jodie Foster doesn’t think her True Detective and The Silence of the Lambs characters have anything in common – but the show isn’t shying away from comparisons.
The fourth season of True Detective, subtitled Night Country, takes place in the fictional town of Ennis, Alaska. Foster plays Detective Liz Danvers, who is tasked with investigating the disappearance of eight men from a research station. Foster’s arguably most notable role is that of FBI agent Clarice Starling in the Academy Award-winning thriller The Silence of the Lambs. Clarice, still technically a trainee in the FBI Academy, is assigned to interview the incarcerated Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a highly intelligent former psychiatrist and cannibal serial killer. Foster took home the Oscar for Best Actress.
Addressing the comparisons, showrunner Issa López adds of Clarice: “It’s just one of these characters. All the lines of that movie just live in my skull. We know the lines, we know the moments, we know the images. And there’s a direct line, I think… The Silence of the Lambs mothered [David Fincher’s serial killer chiller] Se7en, and Se7en mothered True Detective. And this is the child of True Detective. So there’s a direct line. That’s why I went directly to the source. And we’re not shying away from it.”
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